Lou:

Yup, we did find that bumping the 566 up to 256 megs of ram made no real
difference.  Fortunately, the additional memory was bought at Staples, and
they gladly refunded our money.

So, at least we know that now.

Best 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ

----- Original Message -----
From: "Louis Kim Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 11:47 PM
Subject: Re: another thought on old ham shack computer and n3fjp


> Generally, going from 128 MB to 256 MB RAM on Windows 98SE doesn't buy you
> anything because the operating system rarely needs more than 128 MB of
> RAM.  Unless you are using an application that specifically uses 256 MB of
> RAM, it is usually a waste of money on Windows 98 SE.  However, if you use
> Windows 2000, then you will find bumping up to 256 MB of RAM to be very
> beneficial.
>
> 73, de Lou K2LKK
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